Quattrone Center · UPenn Law

Data Collection & Analysis

An interactive guide for CIUs & Innocence Organizations

Home

Start Here

  • Why Collect Data
  • Quick Start
  • The Four-Step Framework

Interactive Tools

  • Self-Assessment
  • Which Platform Is Right?
  • AI Data Health Check

Core Modules

  • Privacy & Security
  • AI & Modern Tools
  • Digital Evidence
  • Dashboards & Reporting
  • Data Fields

Modular and regularly updated. Built for CIUs and Innocence Organizations of all sizes.

Quattrone Center · UPenn Law

Data Collection & Analysis

Quattrone Center · UPenn Law

Data Collection & Analysis

An interactive guide for CIUs & Innocence Organizations

Home

Start Here

  • Why Collect Data
  • Quick Start
  • The Four-Step Framework

Interactive Tools

  • Self-Assessment
  • Which Platform Is Right?
  • AI Data Health Check

Core Modules

  • Privacy & Security
  • AI & Modern Tools
  • Digital Evidence
  • Dashboards & Reporting
  • Data Fields

Modular and regularly updated. Built for CIUs and Innocence Organizations of all sizes.

Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice

Turn case data into your most powerful tool

A modular, regularly updated guide for Conviction Integrity Units and Innocence Organizations of all sizes. Build the data practices that let you see patterns, prove impact, and improve the systems you work within.

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The Four-Step Framework

A simple through-line for building data capacity that lasts.

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1

Assess

Map what you have, who owns it, and where the gaps are.

2

Choose

Pick tools that fit your size and that you can maintain.

3

Track

Capture new cases cleanly, with drop-downs and one owner.

4

Sustain

Train people and retain knowledge, not just infrastructure.

Explore the guide

Every module is self-contained. Start anywhere, or follow the framework in order.

Start Here

Why Collect Data

The case for measurement: better decisions, accountability, pattern detection, funding, and system improvement.

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Start Here

Quick Start

Stand up a working system this week, even if all you have is a single spreadsheet.

Open

Start Here

The Four-Step Framework

Assess, Choose, Track, Sustain: the through-line for building data capacity that lasts.

Open
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Interactive Tools

AI Data Health Check

Share your data context and get an AI report card graded 0 to 4 across five domains of analytics capacity.

Run the diagnostic

Interactive Tools

Self-Assessment

A six-question maturity check that scores where you are and what to do next.

Open

Interactive Tools

Which Platform Is Right?

Answer three questions and get a platform recommendation with cost and effort.

Open

Core Modules

Privacy & Security

Encryption, access controls, audit trails, PII, CJIS, and breach and retention basics.

Open

Core Modules

AI & Modern Tools

Where LLMs, OCR, NLP, and bias-detection tools help, and how to adopt them responsibly.

Open

Core Modules

Digital Evidence

Body and dashcam footage, cell phone data, forensics, and chain of custody.

Open

Core Modules

Dashboards & Reporting

Turn your data into clear views for internal teams, the public, and funders.

Open

Core Modules

Data Fields

A phased, filterable catalog of what to track, by tier and by audience.

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